Patents by Inventor Douglas A. Williams

Douglas A. Williams has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240099906
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a chassis and an ear joined to the chassis is provided. The ear includes a laminate having a first nonwoven, a second nonwoven, and an elastomeric material sandwiched between the first nonwoven and the second nonwoven. The laminate further includes a plurality of ultrasonic bonds. The elastomeric material has a maximum dimension, Y, in a stretch direction and defines a primary region including an elastic region and one or more unstretched zones. The elastic region has a maximum dimension, X, in the stretch direction, and the one or more unstretched zones has an aggregate lateral width of Wd. A ratio of Wd to Y is 0.3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Tanner Laurie WILLIAMS, Urmish Popatlal DALAL, Todd Douglas LENSER, Jeffry ROSIAK, Miguel Angel CABALLERO, Uwe SCHNEIDER
  • Patent number: 11939345
    Abstract: A physiologically stable fluorophore includes a terminal moiety including a terminal reactive site that reacts with a reactive group of a substrate; a stability linker covalently bonded to the terminal moiety; and a bridge moiety covalently bonded to the stability linker such that the stability linker is interposed through chemical bonds between the bridge moiety and the terminal moiety; and a fluorescent moiety covalently bonded to the bridge moiety of the redox moiety and including: an electron bandgap mediator that is covalently bonded to the bridge moiety; a coordinate center covalently bonded to the electron bandgap mediator and that forms a Zwitterionic member with an atom in the electron bandgap mediator; and a steric hinder bonded to the electron bandgap mediator to provide steric hindrance for protection of the coordinate center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
    Inventors: Jeremiah Wallace Woodcock, Jeffrey William Gilman, Douglas Matthew Fox
  • Patent number: 11939989
    Abstract: A ceiling fan or similar air-moving device can include a motor for rotating one or more blades to drive a volume of air about a space. A connector can be used to connect the blade to a blade iron to mount the blade to the motor. The connector can include a set of receptacles configured to insert into openings on the blade, with the set of receptacles connected by a set of arms. A set of mount posts on the blade iron can seat within the receptacles to mount the blade to the blade iron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Douglas Troy Mason, Bobby Neal Norwood, Matthew McPherson
  • Publication number: 20240097734
    Abstract: A ceiling fan or similar air-moving device can include a motor for rotating one or more blades to drive a volume of air about a space. A connector can be used to connect the blade to a blade iron to mount the blade to the motor. The connector can include a set of receptacles configured to insert into openings on the blade, with the set of receptacles connected by a set of arms. A set of mount posts on the blade iron can seat within the receptacles to mount the blade to the blade iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Douglas Troy Mason, Bobby Neal Norwood, Matthew McPherson
  • Publication number: 20240090312
    Abstract: A compound having a structure of the formula Ir(LA)(LB), in which LA is a bidentate, tridentate, tetradentate, pentadentate, or hexadentate ligand and LB is a monodentate, bidentate, tridentate, or tetradentate ligand, or not present, and where the total denticity of LA plus LB is 6, and LA includes at least one structure of Formula I: is disclosed as a useful phosphorescent emitter compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Geza SZIGETHY, Joseph A. MACOR, Charles STANTON, Galyna DUBININA, Douglas WILLIAMS
  • Publication number: 20240084808
    Abstract: A ceiling fan includes a motor housing and a motor enclosed by the motor housing. A set of blades can extend from the motor housing and be operably coupled to the motor. The motor can include a rotor assembly and a stator assembly. The motor housing can include an upper housing and a lower housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Michael Paul Conti, Jason Matthew McPherson, Charles David McKee, Arvind G. Ramani, Douglas Troy Mason, Nicholas Dakota Vongprachanh
  • Patent number: 11923638
    Abstract: A circuit board assembly includes an electrical connector mounted to a circuit board having a connector housing holding contacts in a contact array. A connector mount having a bracket is coupled to the mounting surface of the circuit board proximate to the mating edge. The electrical connector is movably coupled to the connector mount to move relative to the circuit board during mating with the mating electrical connector. The connector mount has a biasing member compressible along a compression axis parallel to the mating direction to allow the electrical connector to float in the mating direction relative to the circuit board. The electrical connector is movably coupled to the connector mount in a confined envelope in at least one floating direction perpendicular to the mating direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Chad William Morgan, John Joseph Consoli, Timothy Robert Minnick, Justin Dennis Pickel, David Allison Trout, Michael Streckewald, Douglas Edward Shirk
  • Patent number: 11920814
    Abstract: A method of controlling an agricultural facility for housing a plurality of animals includes the step of regulating the environment within the agricultural facility with an automated building operational system. An automated thermal event controller is operationally coupled with the automated building operational system and generates a thermal event signal in response to a thermal event in progress, whereby the automated thermal event controller, upon receipt of the thermal event signal indicating that the thermal event is in progress, activates an alarm state. In the alarm state, the automated thermal event controller: sends an alarm signal to a system administrator; places the automated building operational system in a safety-mode condition for a first predetermined time interval; and places the automated building operational system in a normal-mode operational condition after the first predetermined time interval and if a confirmatory signal is not yet then received from the system administrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: PRISM CONTROLS INC.
    Inventors: Sean Patrick Ryan, Kyle E. Forbush, Nikhil Kailas Shinde, Sylvester John Bentley, Timothy Paul Gess, Eric William Hansen, Douglas S. Powell
  • Patent number: 11914483
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for using an algorithm and data structure for efficient and accurate classification of data items into recovery classes. When a target recovery time (TRT) is specified for a data set, a system may obtain version metadata regarding data items in the data set. The metadata may be obtained in reverse chronological order such that the latest record representing a version or other storage operation is first, followed by the second latest record, and so on. The system may use a bidirectional doubly linked list to efficiently store version data for a particular data item in memory. As version metadata records are read and added to the data structure in reverse chronological order, classification determinations may be triggered when certain conditions are met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Koushik Biswas, James William Fogel, Dhananjay Baburao Karanjkar, Douglas John Youd, Allistaire Mair, James Ryan Powers
  • Patent number: 11913475
    Abstract: A blade for a ceiling fan can include a first half and a second half formed from a pulp material. The first half is attachable to the second half to form the blade. Additionally, a blade can include a skeleton with an over molding made from a pulp forming the blade. Furthermore, a blade can be formed using a blade base with a pulp topper added to the blade to form an aerodynamic shape for the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood, James Walter Longmire, Douglas Troy Mason, Seth Aaron Wood
  • Publication number: 20240057511
    Abstract: A split gauge-wheel assembly for a planter row unit includes an inner gauge wheel carried by the frame and configured to rotate about an axis and an outer gauge wheel carried by the frame and configured to rotate about the axis. The inner gauge wheel and outer gauge wheel define a gap therebetween. A knife is disposed in the gap between the inner gauge wheel and the outer gauge wheel, the knife defining a flow channel configured to deliver liquid at a rear end of the knife. A scraper is connected to the knife and disposed in the gap between the inner gauge wheel and the outer gauge wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: JEREMY J. HODEL, DOUGLAS WILLIAM URBANIAK, JORDAN CHARLES SOLBERG
  • Publication number: 20240054614
    Abstract: Methods and systems for deciding whether, when, for how long, and/or where insertable image content will be displayed on top of a video presentation (i.e. existing image content) are disclosed. This can be for the imminent placement of insertable image content or a delayed placement of insertable image content. The decision making process depends upon the generation of a ‘cool map’. A cool map is a weighted map of the screen real estate that shows the areas that it would be practical to place insertable image content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Douglas WILLIAMS, Ian KEGEL, Brahim ALLAN, Martin TRIMBY, Luke PILGRIM
  • Publication number: 20240049590
    Abstract: A compound is disclosed that is selected from the group consisting of a structure having and a structure having
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiao-Fan CHEN, Jason BROOKS, Douglas WILLIAMS, Charles J. STANTON, III, Eugene S. GUTMAN, Wei BAO
  • Patent number: 11890854
    Abstract: Adhering systems for magnetizable laminates to assist preventing delamination of magnetizable laminates exposed to direct sunlight; and, relating to preventing fouling of cutting blades during cutting of magnetizable laminates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Magnum Magnetics Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas William Rummer, Bernard F. Ball, Sr.
  • Publication number: 20240039920
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for wireless communication of analyte data. In embodiments, a method of using a diabetes management partner interface to configure an analyte sensor system for wireless communication with a plurality of partner devices is provided. The method includes the analyte sensor system receiving authorization to provide one of the partner devices with access to a set of configuration parameters via the diabetes management partner interface. The set of configuration parameters is stored in a memory of the analyte sensor system. The method also includes, responsive to input received from the one partner device via the diabetes management partner interface, the analyte sensor system setting or causing a modification to the set of configuration parameters, according to a system requirement of the one partner device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Apurv Ullas KAMATH, Michael Robert MENSINGER, Nicholas POLYTARIDIS, Gary A. MORRIS, Alexandra Elena CONSTANTIN, Douglas William BURNETTE, Mario REMON, Jorge R. BARRERAS, Benjamin Elrod WEST, Christopher Robert HANNEMANN
  • Publication number: 20240039921
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for wireless communication of analyte data. In embodiments, a method of using a diabetes management partner interface to configure an analyte sensor system for wireless communication with a plurality of partner devices is provided. The method includes the analyte sensor system receiving authorization to provide one of the partner devices with access to a set of configuration parameters via the diabetes management partner interface. The set of configuration parameters is stored in a memory of the analyte sensor system. The method also includes, responsive to input received from the one partner device via the diabetes management partner interface, the analyte sensor system setting or causing a modification to the set of configuration parameters, according to a system requirement of the one partner device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Apurv Ullas KAMATH, Michael Robert MENSINGER, Nicholas POLYTARIDIS, Gary A. MORRIS, Alexandra Elena CONSTANTIN, Douglas William BURNETTE, Mario REMON, Jorge R. BARRERAS, Benjamin Elrod WEST, Christopher Robert HANNEMANN
  • Patent number: 11876385
    Abstract: The technology described herein relates to techniques for calibrating wireless power transmission systems for operation in multipath wireless power delivery environments. In an implementation, a method of calibrating a wireless power transmission system for operation in a multipath environment is disclosed. The method includes characterizing a receive path from a calibration antennae element to a first antennae element of a plurality of antennae elements of the wireless power transmission system, characterizing a transmit path from the first antennae element to the calibration antennae element, and comparing the transmit path to the receive path to determine a calibration value for the first antennae element in the multipath environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ossia Inc.
    Inventors: Hatem Zeine, Dale Mayes, Douglas Williams, Siamak Ebadi
  • Publication number: 20240002355
    Abstract: The invention relates in particular to a process for the preparation of a compound of formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 are as defined in the description and in the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Dainis KALDRE, Christian Oliver KAPPE, Christian Steffen MOESSNER, Peter SAGMEISTER, Joerg Mathias SEDELMEIER, Jason Douglas WILLIAMS
  • Publication number: 20240004102
    Abstract: A borehole muon detector for muon radiography or geotomography is provided, the borehole muon detector including a substantially cylindrical housing, which defines a bore, a pair of end caps, each end cap sealing an end of the cylindrical housing and a plurality of sealed drift tubes which are longitudinally disposed in the bore of the housing to form a bundle of drift tubes, wherein each sealed drift tube comprises: a centrally located anode wire disposed on a longitudinal axis; an inner surface which is coated with a cathode coating, the cathode coating divided into a first cathode pad and a second cathode pad by a Vernier pattern; and a timer in electrical communication with the anode wire for measuring a drift time. A system and a method are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Douglas William SCHOUTEN
  • Publication number: 20230414180
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for detecting changes or fluctuations in an analyte concentration signal that are abnormal, e.g., exceed a predetermined threshold, current trend of analyte concentration measurements, etc. Signals indicative of an analyte concentration in a host may be received from an analyte sensor. The signals may be monitored, and a determination can be made as to whether there is a change in the signal. Upon detecting such a change, the change can be compensated for such that a representation of the signal indicates the analyte concentration. Optionally, the cause of the detected changes or fluctuations can also be determined and information regarding the detected changes or fluctuations can be recorded and analyzed for subsequent optimization of the systems and methods as well for transmitting alerts, notifications, etc. to a user to take corrective action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Douglas William BURNETTE, Hari HAMPAPURAM, Apurv Ullas KAMATH, Shawn LARVENZ, Aditya MANDAPAKA, Zebediah L. MCDANIEL, Tom MILLER, Jeffrey R. WEDEKIND, Yonghuang ZENG, Stephen Alan REICHERT